We make our clients more successful by finding and analyzing information that protects them and informs them, whether as part of a transaction or during everyday operations.
Noirehill has built its business and reputation by an uncompromising focus on quality, maintaining the highest standards of integrity in how we conduct our work, and treating our clients and staff with the utmost respect.
Noirehill offers superior cross-jurisdictional research that requires on-the-ground inquiries in multiple languages, high-caliber analysis, and discretion. We help our clients make better business decisions by gathering and assessing strategic business intelligence. To help clients test their investment hypotheses and understand the business and geopolitical environments in which they operate, we design each project with customized investigative methodologies. Our research can focus on verifying specific business operations, understand market potential, or examining the political and regulatory trends. Leveraging our local knowledge, we offer our clients best-in-class insights into market and political risks worldwide.
Our team of researchers works with you throughout the investment cycle, helping you generate ideas, test hypotheses, do your due diligence, and monitor your investments. We provide flexible, interactive service that adjusts as your research questions and strategies evolve. Our research utilizes a variety of creative methodologies to assist our clients in evaluating strategy and performance, leadership decision making, fraud and corruption, and much more. We operate strictly within the letter and spirit of laws and regulations relating to information gathering, including MNPI compliance, the US FCPA and the UK Bribery Act. Political Risk Analysis
Noirehill is regularly engaged to conduct complex investigations by clients including law firms, investment banks, hedge funds and private equity firms and multinational corporations. Whether the goal is to identify evidence in relation to a suspected fraud or conflict of interest, understand undisclosed financial, reputational and political liabilities, or identify the assets of an individual or entity, our global team of local-language analysts, field investigators and experienced case managers is ready to assist.
Our investigators include former law enforcement, financial researchers, policy analysts and investigative journalists. Many members of our team hold globally-recognized certifications including the ACFE’s Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), the International Compliance Associations’ Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and the GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE) certifications.
With expertise in local laws, regulations and political climates, we understand the importance of legally and ethically navigating every jurisdiction in the region while ensuring that we help our clients obtain the best evidence, information and intelligence possible.
Noirehill works closely with our clients’ in-house security teams, in-house or external counsel in responding to complex internal risks including fraud, conflict of interest, corruption, IP and trade secret theft and/or employee misconduct. Our team of seasoned investigators responds quickly and discreetly, providing valuable strategic input. Such projects range from large regional investigations that take several months or longer, to quick and targeted fact-finding in crises. We also conduct training for clients on responding to internal risks effectively and adequately.
